D Manning1, B Brewster, P Bundred. 1. Neonatal Unit, Wirral Hospital, Arrowe Park, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE, UK. donal.manning@whnt.nhs.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether social deprivation is associated with neonatal unit admission. SETTING: English district general hospital. METHOD: Retrospective review of neonatal unit admission records between 1990 and 2002. RESULTS: There was a linear increase in admission rates with increasing deprivation. The admission rate was 6.1% of live births for infants in the most affluent quartile compared with 11.1% for those in the most deprived quartile. Admission rates for all indications except jaundice and feeding problems increased with increasing deprivation. CONCLUSION: Social deprivation correlates strongly with neonatal morbidity and the need for neonatal unit admission. This finding has implications for professionals in public health and primary and secondary care.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether social deprivation is associated with neonatal unit admission. SETTING: English district general hospital. METHOD: Retrospective review of neonatal unit admission records between 1990 and 2002. RESULTS: There was a linear increase in admission rates with increasing deprivation. The admission rate was 6.1% of live births for infants in the most affluent quartile compared with 11.1% for those in the most deprived quartile. Admission rates for all indications except jaundice and feeding problems increased with increasing deprivation. CONCLUSION:Social deprivation correlates strongly with neonatal morbidity and the need for neonatal unit admission. This finding has implications for professionals in public health and primary and secondary care.
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